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episode 200: The Truth About Spiritual Abuse
Spiritual abuse is prolific among women of faith, yet it is one of the most difficult forms of abuse to detect.
Hillevi, an incredibly insightful member of the Betrayal Trauma Recovery community, joins Anne on the free BTR.ORG Podcast to share her story and shed light on the truth about spiritual abuse. Listen to the free BTR podcast and read the full transcript below for more.
The Truth About Spiritual Abuse
Spiritual abuse makes victims question reality in regard to their own relationship with their Higher Power.
Abusive partners, clergy, and faith communities as a whole can be spiritually abusive.
In Hillevi's story, she experienced the entire spectrum of spiritual abuse as her ex-husband controlled her, her faith community shunned her, and therapists using 12-step materials ultimately failed her.
Often, spiritual abuse is viewed as overly religious parents imposing strict religious regimens on their children - but spiritual abuse is a widespread domestic abuse issue, affecting intimate partners.
Have You Experienced Spiritual Abuse?
You may have experienced spiritual abuse without even realizing it. Spiritual abuse can be subtle and so ingrained into the fabric of a toxic faith community, that many victims experience spiritual abuse without realizing that it's happening. Here are some common, "subtle" forms of spiritual abuse:
* Faith communities "shunning" a victim and/or her children. This may include complete isolation or just less contact or friendliness than normal.
* Clergy shaming, blaming, humiliating, and/or giving harmful counsel to a victim.
* Members of faith communities, including clergy, sharing private information about a victim without permission to do so.
* Abusive partners, clergy, and other faith community members using scripture and other religious teachings to control victims.
* Abusive partners, clergy, and other faith community members compelling victims to "confess sins" as a method to control and humiliate the victim.
* Clergy blaming the woman for sexual misconduct between a man and a woman while not holding the man accountable.
BTR Is Here For You
At BTR, we understand the pain of spiritual abuse.
When spiritually abusive partners relentlessly control victims -
When faith communities shun traumatized women -
When clergy betray broken-hearted porn widows -
The trauma is severe.
You need support.
BTR.ORG Group Sessions are available for you every single day in every single time zone, you can find the support that you need when you need it. We'd love to see you in a session today.
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Full Transcript:
Anne: Welcome to Betrayal Trauma Recovery, this is Anne.
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